“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851 Amistad Research Center – Amistad is a library and archives founded to document race relations and America’s racial and ethnic heritage. It has a rotating exhibition space where it displays manuscript material and fine art from its collections on a quarterly...
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“We dance even if there’s no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly, we’re suspicious of others who don’t.” – Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic, 2006 Cafe du Monde – No trip to New Orleans is complete without beignets and cafe au lait from Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter. Wear something you don’t mind getting powdered sugar on! AND it’s open 24 hours for those...
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The Keynote for AMIA 2017 will build on the discussions from last year’s conference plenary, the subsequent adoption of AMIA’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Statement, and our work to refine a Code of Conduct. Diversity, inclusion, and equity goals should be anchored in an organization’s shared values and aspirations. How we anchor our work to these values will allow us collectively build a sustainable and robust community....
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Please consider submitting your best finds and preservation efforts to the 2017 edition of Archival Screening Night at this year’s AMIA Conference in New Orleans.
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Below is the schedule of sessions and speakers. Please note that sessions are e subject to change. Tuesday. November 28 8:30 AM Workshop: Data Modeling and Metadata for Audiovisual Archives 9:00 AM Workshop: WARC IT: Archiving Social Media Wednesday . November 29 8:30 AM Workshop: Content Description for Time-Based Material 9:00 AM Community AV Archiving Fair: A Community Archiving Workshop & Hack Day Collaboration 12:30 PM The Reel...
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